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CNN - Abdul Aziz believes he was standing right next to a shooter Sunday when gunmen opened fire at a parade in New Orleans, injuring 19 people.

"Everyone around me, except me, was shot," he said. "I was pretty fortunate to get away."
Aziz, 33, a photojournalist, was at the parade when shooting started at the corner of Frenchman Street and North Villere Street.

"We turned off of a main thoroughfare to a smaller residential street and that's when the shots rang out. I was standing, I believe, right next to the shooter. I saw muzzle flash, but unfortunately I didn't get a chance to see who the shooter was," he said.

People panicked and ran.

Aziz, who has worked in the Middle East, started taking pictures.

He sent those images to CNN iReport.

"It's a little jarring when you see these types of things on the home front," he said. "I'm sad. I love this city. We're plagued by crime, and it's just not getting better no matter what we do."

Remi Braden, a police spokeswoman, said that a young girl was among the 19 people who were injured. The girl suffered a graze wound to her side.

According to police, 19 people were injured in the shooting, including two children. Ten men and seven women were among the victims.

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These mass shootings literally every other week are getting out of hand 

UPDATED 5/13/12: 19 people have been confirmed as ignjured but no fatal injuries + Link #2 includes some pictures and more details.



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Here we go again....



An other case were a good guy with a gun could have saved the day



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well at least no fatalities



Whoever did this probably had some serious mother issues.



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chapset said:
An other case were a good guy with a gun could have saved the day

Exactly! Just like a good guy with a bomb in Boston!



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Porcupine_I said:
chapset said:
An other case were a good guy with a gun could have saved the day

Exactly! Just like a good guy with a bomb in Boston!

I see we got a smart man over the internet, some pussy tree hugers were mad at me when I said that in the thread about the boston bombing



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Time to ban parades. And New Orleans.



chapset said:
An other case were a good guy with a gun could have saved the day

by shooting into a crowd full of innocent people with three criminals. yeah. no way that can backfire.



:(((